That critter looks like what we call a Mosquito Hawk out here in the wild west. The Mosquito Hawks out here are harmless, they do not bite and ironically do not hunt Mosquitos. They are scarry looking but that is about it.

Actually now that I look at the photo again I realized that a Mosquito Hawk is much larger than a penny, more like a quarter, so that photo above is probably not a Mosquito Hawk.

Well unless that is a huge Canadian penny or something.

JHAP
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